Paranormal Stuff Item Description speculation

"DaWaterRat;c-17792657" wrote:
I think this is a case of looking at who is saying they don't do it. GrimSuruDoi doesn't do hints on Twitter (except as part of organized "campaigns" that are quickly obvious). Other Sim Gurus (especially Frost) clearly do. SimGuruRuskii may well never write hints in herself, but it's also pretty clear that again, some devs do. I think that, even if using "we," when a Sim Guru says they don't do hints, we can only take that as true for the Sim Guru who is speaking.

We also need to remember that most text with meta-references is referencing things that have already happened, such as the Nightmare about the reality show. Very clearly a reference to Spark'd and SimGuruNinja's time as a judge there. Some may also refer to things that are coming. It's possible for both to be true.

Yeah, if she just meant she doesn't do hints that's fair enough, saying 'they' don't do hints made it sound like she was saying none of the team do hints, and there are no hints in item descriptions. Which is a claim I've heard before, and makes no sense to me, because I just think it's obvious they do.

And I was specifically talking about hints, not references. I'm aware there can be references to multiple things, including in the same text. For example, I know the 'most popular destination to elope' thing was a reference to a Spark'd challenge, but given that it seems to be the only challenge that was referenced, and is still an answer coming out of the Future Cube even now after the show/season is finished, makes me think it might be a hint at romance and weddings too.